Little-Known Details About the Hit Show Friends

Director James Burrows Predicted Their Enormous Success

Award-winning TV director James Burrows had a strong belief in Friends even before they filmed the first pilot. He was confident that the show would be a massive success, so much so that he encouraged the six relatively unknown actors to fly out to Vegas together and savor the last moments of anonymity that they would ever experience. Amazingly, his prediction about their futures couldn't have been more accurate. Burrows recalls telling the actors, "This is your last shot at anonymity. Once the show airs, you guys will never be able to go anywhere without being hounded."